Team Content Archive

LOUISVILLE - Last year, our Cub Scout Pack 305 was looking for a fundraiser and some educational programs. We decided to start an aluminum can drive. We fabricated a storage trailer, had a painting party, and parked the trailer outside of Our Savior Lutheran Church and School.

PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa - Installation work was planned at the Struandale Engine Plant in Port Elizabeth, South Africa for the Global Puma Engine program to improve the robustness of the equipment. The installation was originally planned for the first two weeks of December 2011, however due to production scheduling the work had to be postponed to occur during the week between Christmas and New Years.

DEARBORN - Last week, @Ford Online had the opportunity to speak with Ford Global Purchasing Group Vice President Tony Brown about how his organization goes further each day for the company and working with suppliers.

WARLEY, U.K. - In the fourth quarter of 2010, it was determined that a new Main Distribution Frame (MDF) room was needed at the Warley, U.K. site. The Data Center Consolidation program team responsible for the build of the MDF room took the opportunity to design and build a cost effective and environmentally friendly solution with this new IT facility.

MEXICO CITY – On the weekend of March 16, more than 400 students from Ford Schools from all over the country, arrived in Mexico City to participate in the Sports Tournament Finals that Ford and its dealers organize each year. The activities started on Friday, with an opening ceremony, where Ford of Mexico President Gabriel López, Ford executives and dealers greeted the children with a moving speech.

Saline, Mich. - Facilities Engineer Leo Zanese, along with the Saline Plant’s Powerhouse team and the local UAW 892 skilled trades, has been the driving force behind many changes to Automotive Components Holdings (ACH) Saline Plant's water usage reduction that has saved 122 million gallons of water amounting to more than $1.6 million dollars in water and sewage costs during the past 15 years.

ROMEO, Mich. - Ford Motor Company is now harnessing the power of the sun to ease the environmental impact of waste disposal with an innovative solar power compactor. Ford installed its first solar powered compactor at its Michigan Proving Grounds facility earlier this year, representing a huge leap forward in its Go Further efforts to constantly strive for improvement.

DEARBORN - Recently, @Ford Online was able to join Ford Group Vice President and Chief Creative Officer J Mays at the Henry Ford Museum's new Driving America Exhibition in Dearborn, Mich. While at the exhibit, Mays discussed the company's new Go Further global brand promise.

DEARBORN - Employees are vital to the success of any business – whether it be a local mom-and-pop establishment, a global automotive industry leader like Ford or a premier multinational digital media company like Yahoo!

MEXICO CITY - Mexico's Tarahumara indigenous people, legendary for their endurance in long-distance running, are suffering from a devastating food shortage caused by a 70-year-record freeze and drought.

SHARONVILLE - When Sharonville Transmission Plant (STP) employees returned to work on Monday, March 5, the agenda was clear: develop a plan to help communities affected by the devastating March 2 tornados.

YPSILANTI, Mich. - More than a year ago, a team of Rawsonville employees started the rework strategy for rerunning end caps through the MAD (Motor Assembly Dial) dial on the PM2 Starter line. The goal of the project was to avoid scrapping out thousands of end caps.

WAYNE, Mich. - Got a scrap piece of fabric you’re thinking of tossing out? You should talk to Barb Keeler first. She may be able to use it. Keeler, who provides training support at Michigan Assembly, has been quilting small blankets with scrap material since the mid-1970s. She’s currently in a group of about two dozen women who combine to make more than 1,000 quilts a year for local hospitals and charities in the Detroit area.

MEXICO CITY - @Ford Online recently interviewed Ford of Mexico Marketing Director Juan Antonio Garcia about the company's new global brand promise and how his team works everyday to go further. Below are excerpts from that discussion.

DEARBORN – Jan. 17, 2012 is a day that Dearborn Engine Plant Area Manager Tom McWilliams won’t soon forget – both for the serious problem he faced at the plant that day and for the unexpected way that it was solved. It was the beginning of the midnight shift at the Dearborn Engine Plant. A crucial component of the machinery used to make crankshafts malfunctioned and production had to shut down. To make matters worse, the part – a complex circuit board – was now obsolete and couldn’t be found anywhere. The supplier didn’t even make it anymore.

ALLEN PARK, Mich. - Visit the Ford Export and Growth (E&G) offices in Allen Park and it won’t take long to spot the subtle indications of its commitment to others – the billboard spotlighting a charity, the snacks sold to fund charitable endeavors, the number of people who pay to wear jeans on Fridays.

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